Elon Musk “disappointed” over Trump’s tax bill
Elon Musk told CBS he was “disappointed” by President Donald Trump’s “big and beautiful” tax bill.
Elon Musk this week criticised President Donald Trump’s President Megaville, saying the division he led was unfairly criticized.
Musk has reduced his work to lead the government’s efficiency to destroy the government for the past month following a massive loss of profits from his electric car company Tesla. Musk, the world’s wealthiest man and Republican donor who supported Bankroll Trump’s 2024 campaign, has become a polarised figure in Trump’s White House.
After rising at fierce speed to become Trump’s right handman in the administration’s first 100 days, the presence of masks in DC has declined. He says he intends to significantly cut his political spending in future elections in order to bring his attention back to his business empire. His comments this week show the latest fractures of what was a whirlwind political partnership between the billionaire and the Republican president.
In an interview with CBS Sunday morning released on May 27th, Musk criticized Trump’s massive tax and spending bills and said he was “disappointed” to see it.
“Doge is just a whipping boy for everything,” Musk said in another interview with the Washington Post, published the same day. “So something bad will happen everywhere and we’ll blame it if it had nothing to do with it.”
This is a short timeline of key stages in pair relationships and Musk’s involvement in the trajectory of Trump over the past year.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk: The Timeline of the Pair Relationship
July 13, 2024: On the same day, Trump was shot dead in an attempted assassination at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and Musk has officially supported him for the president. Billionaires’ donations to Trump’s reelection efforts ultimately exceeded $1.5 billion.
September 3, 2024: Trump at the time said that if he wins the November 5 election, he would establish a Musk-led government efficiency committee.
October 5, 2024: Musk joins Trump on stage at a rally at a location at an attempted assassination site in Pennsylvania.
November 5th, 2024: Musk spends election night in Trump’s Mar Lago when Republicans win the 2024 presidential election over Kamala Harris.
November 12, 2024: Trump has announced that Musk and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “government efficiency,” also known as “Doge,” with an obligation to reduce federal spending, waste and regulations.
January 20, 2025: Musk will attend Trump’s inauguration in Washington, DC and give a speech at one of the events. He attracted the controversy after offering a one-arm salute that some people said, which appears to resemble Nazi-style gestures. “It’s thanks to you that the future of civilization is guaranteed,” Musk said before gestured.
February 11, 2025: Musk visits the oval office with his young son X, and signs an executive order by which Mark Trump attempts to significantly reduce the size of the government through “massive cuts” of the federal workforce.
February 20, 2025: Musk appears in the Conservative Political Action Council (CPAC) wielding a talented, sparkly chainsaw from the Argentine president, and uses it as a prop to represent his role and the role of “slashing” government spending.
March 4, 2025: Trump screams at Musk in his joint speech to Congress, praises his work at Doge. “He’s working very hard,” the president said during his speech.
April 30, 2025: Trump’s Cabinet Secretary applauds Musk as Tesla CEO attended his final cabinet meeting as he took the back seat from Doge.
May 1, 2025: In his most extensive commentary on the reporter’s room since he launched Doge, Musk has debated a setback from the agency. The White House classifies him as a “special government employee,” and holds the title of senior advisor to the president, allowing him to find employment on 130 calendar days a year.
May 27, 2025: Musk criticised Trump’s central legislative agenda, saying in an interview with CBS News he was “disappointed” with the president’s so-called “big beautiful bill,” and in an interview with the Washington Post, Doge said he became “a whip boy for everything.”
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